Did your students complete all five of our 4th-6th grade first-person narrative passages? Here are five more that are guaranteed to keep ELA class interesting! Each passage includes five Common Core-aligned questions, testing your students’ ability to:
Use Context Clues • Interpret Figurative Language • Draw Inferences
Recall Supporting Facts • Identify the Main Idea • Analyze Perspective
Passage 1: Tough Love
Our narrator is the son of a hard-working father with strict rules. As he grows older, the narrator learns to see his father in a different light. This passage is a great way to begin a conversation about perspective and point of view. View Resource…
Passage 2: Dining in the Dark
Would you eat something you couldn’t see? Believe it or not, there are restaurants based on this very idea! Our narrator visits one such restaurant in Dining in the Dark. View Resource…
Passage 3: Wuz Yer Name?
A shy third grader befriends a girl who is her opposite in every way. Explore character traits and contrasting personalities in Wuz Yer Name? View Resource…
Passage 4: Struggling to Speak
We all teach students who face challenges in communicating. In Struggling to Speak, a person who stutters tells his story and explains how he would like to be treated by others. View Resource…
Passage 5: A Rose for Ellen
This is a simple story that will spark a profound conversation about point of view in your classroom. In A Rose for Ellen, a granddaughter discovers a gift that causes her to see her grandmother in an entirely new light. View Resource…
Looking for more fun and fascinating reading passages to help your students build Common Core reading skills? Find five more 1st person narrative passages here, and even more below:
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